Bihar elections: Mahagathbandhan names Tejwashwi Yadav as CM face and Mukesh Sahani as Dy CM candidate

Rashtriya Janata Dal leader and former Bihar deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav is announced as the chief ministerial face for the Mahagathbandhan for the upcoming state elections on Thursday (October 23).

Vikassheel Insaan Party’s Mukesh Sahani is named as the deputy chief ministerial candidate for the Bihar elections.

Thanking all the members of the Mahagathbandhan, Yadav said, “I thank all the members of the Mahagathbandhan for showing trust in me. I want to tell all of them that I will do everything possible to live up to your expectations, and together we will throw the 20-year-old government that is currently in power.”

The announcement was made during a joint press conference of the Mahagathbandhan. Yadav reiterated that the BJP will not make Nitish Kumar the Chief Minister if the NDA wins.

This is the first press conference of the Mahagathbandhan leaders amid the stalemate over seat-sharing arrangements among the INDIA bloc constituents for the assembly polls.

Also, the photographs of top INDIA bloc leaders were missing from a banner at the venue of the joint press conference of the Mahagathbandhan in Patna, triggering a controversy.

The banner, the image of which has gone viral on social media, carried only a large photograph of RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav.

The voting for the two-phased elections will be held on November 6 and 11. The result will be announced on November 14.